The impact of the coronavirus disease pandemic on outdoor activities and community common space use by urban‐dwelling elderly residents in China

Abstract

Abstract To examine the impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID‐19) pandemic on the elderly, this study conducted field surveys of three communities in Zhengzhou City in China. The results showed that, outdoor activities and common space use by the elderly were not significantly affected by the pandemic. Through the reports of their lives under the general and the extreme (after restrictions on movement were imposed) conditions of the pandemic, we identified the value of activities on a daily basis and activities in the general definition to the elderly. This study also re‐recognized the role that was played by the use of common spaces that were located in close proximity to residential units during the pandemic.

Keywords

• common space use
• elderly residents
• outdoor activities
• pandemic impact